Shorkot in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Shorkot in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShorkotPunjab (Region)Pakistan (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shorkot plotted against Punjab and Pakistan. The SNDi of new construction in Shorkot followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Punjab which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Pakistan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Shorkot's incremental SNDi fell from 4.4 to 3.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shorkot ranked 100th out of 146 cities in Punjab and 172nd out of 292 in Pakistan as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.41
Rank in Pakistan
51st of 292
Rank in Punjab
29th of 146

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.27
Rank in Pakistan
172nd of 292
Rank in Punjab
100th of 146

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ShorkotOpoleNahtaur

While Opole and Nahtaur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Shorkot fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Shorkot became progressively more connected, while Opole became progressively more disconnected and Nahtaur fluctuated in connectivity. Shorkot and Opole have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.